Stan Robinson found a career 65 years ago this month, and he shows no signs of abandoning it
anytime soon.

“I’ve been very fortunate,” said Robinson, who, at age 82, will celebrate 65 years in
broadcasting on Wednesday.

Some Columbus viewers might remember Robinson as the weatherman on WCMH-TV (Channel 4) back in
the days of anchorman Hugh DeMoss and sportscaster Jimmy Crum.

He spent 10 years there in the 1960s and, as it turns out, was just warming up.

Last week, I watched Robinson tape a couple of segments of
Midday With Stan — the 15-minute talk show he hosts on WFCO-FM, a Christian station in
Lancaster that calls itself “Refreshing 90.9.”

Robinson has interviewed some big names in his long career — Neil Armstrong, Ronald Reagan and
Cy Young, to name a few — but there’s no pretentiousness in his manner. He asks simple questions,
punctuates his guest’s comments with “my goodness” and is never overbearing.

“Stan makes it easy,” said Becky Edwards, who spent 15 minutes conversing with him about Family,
Adult & Children First Council, the social-service agency she directs.

Robinson, a New York native, went into broadcasting after a high-school teacher told him he had
a good voice. He started at a radio station in New York in 1949 before moving to WTNS in Coshocton,
Ohio.

While there, he interviewed Reagan; the future president was then an actor on tour to promote
General Electric.

“Casual, easy to talk to,” Robinson said of Reagan. “You wouldn’t know he was a famous
actor."

In 1960, Robinson became Channel 4’s weatherman, when the job included drawing clouds on the
Plexiglas weather map with a black marker.

When the station ownership changed in 1969, he left to become general manager of radio station
WLOH in Lancaster, where he spent 30 years. After that, he hosted a weekday cable-TV show in
Lancaster for 12 years. When it ended in 2011, he thought his career had, too.

But, later that year, Zelma Mae, his wife of 46 years, died during heart surgery, and he found
himself in need of something to occupy his time. Shortly thereafter, WFCO asked him to host
Midday With Stan.